David's Daily Diversions

The Evil That Men Do

I've not said much about Terry Schiavo, as every other blog has already said just about everything that can be said.

But I just have to say that I am gobsmacked by the sheer audacity of Michael Schiavo. He is committing murder in the full glare of the entire planet. The feeding tube has been removed in the last few hours and there are already 2,250 articles available through Google's new portal.

A world watches helpless while a serial domestic abuser silences his victim for the last time.

The only people that can share in the guilt of Michael Schiavo are his lawyer George Felos and the Judge George Greer. These two men make the slimiest, most vile of my former colleagues in the legal profession look like saints.

Felos is an example of how the holy waters of baptism can be spit upon. He was born Greek Orthodox. He is Orthodox no more. In an interview with Florida's St. Peterburg Times he declared, "I believe that Christ was God incarnate and was resurrected. But, by the same token, I believe that there were other incarnations of God as well. All the great religions in their essence express the same fundamental truths."

Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.

May God have mercy on his handmaiden Terry, preserve her life, or if His angels are ready to receive her, may he take her into his bosom and may she find a place of light, a place of refreshment, a place of repose, whence pain, sorrow and sighing have fled away.

The only prayer I can think of for Michael, George, and George are the words of Holy Spirit sung through the Prophet and King David in Psalm 28 (or Psalm 27 in the LXX), "Give to them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them according to the work of their hands; render to them what they deserve."

Okay, I could also pray Psalm 109 (108 LXX). According to the Orthodox Study Bible, it is seen liturgically as a reference to Judas. But what more obvious example of betrayal have we seen than Michael Schiavo. He broke his marriage vows by beating her to oblivion (having already taken much more than 30 pieces of silver), committing open and flagrant adultery, and now killing her, using up his blood money to make sure that it happens. Yep, I think 109 is a good fit here.

Feel free to use my ideas.